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RED-FIGURE OWL CUP
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85
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RED-FIGURE OWL CUP
See original version (French)
Estimate €1,500 - €2,000
Voluntary lot
Description
RED-FIGURE OWL CUP
Greek art, Magna Graecia, 4th century BC
A black-glazed terracotta cup, the central panel of which is decorated with the Athenian owl on an olive branch.
Fractures.
Diameter: 14.2 cm
Provenance: Former collection of Dr Ulrich Hahn, Cologne, 1970s
Christie’s, London, 7 October 2010: lot 236 (ill.)
Christian Levett Collection, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins
Exhibitions: Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA579)
Animal, Mougins Museum of Classical Art (MACM), Mougins, France, 25 February – 30 April 2016
Bibliography: Christie’s, Antiquities, London, 7 October 2010, lot 236
J. Boardman, ‘Greek Art’ in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, France, 2011, p. 59, fig. 6
M. Merrony, Mougins Museum of Classical Art. The Levett Family Collection, France, 2012, p. 36
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, pp. 56 and 92
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2016, p. 48, fig. 42 and p. 82
A Greek red-figure plate depicting an owl,
Magna Graecia, 4th century BC.
See original version (French)
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